d'anver lovers,discuss the breed and post some pics!

[cbrown86]

It is blue.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep maybe a blue quail, the wings do look light to be a normal quail, but it's not blue blue for sure

 

[4HDad]

Here are some pics of my son's Quail d'Anvers. I realize I didn't get quite all that was suggested, but we had some camera issues, so I'll try to get more. If you can give me some nput about their show/breeder quality, I would appreciate it.

Here is the rooster:

Hen A: Her Beard & Muffs are still filling in.

Hen B:

The trio:

Thanks again for honest answers.

Roger

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

closer, zoomed in pics that are a little clear help to get the best judge of the birds
kinda like these, they are dun quail straight out of the shipping box from last year.

BUT, you can still tell a lot about them.
The rooster looks pretty good over all. Correct color, often on quail they get all mixed up in shades but he looks good. Correct comb and leg color. Nice beard and muffs, decent neck, could be a little thicker, that's where they get the term "bull neck" on d'anvers
The only thing I see a little off on him is it's comb, doesnt look like it flows back to a nice point, looks rounded off (just like my dun roo in that picture is), which is common in them, not a DQ or anything, but makes them score lower. The correct comb should be full, spiked, flowing to a nice rear point, and the lack of any heavy concave areas in it, basically a full spikey wedge.
Like this blue buff columbian cockerel

The hens, well, they could use some improvement. They look a little bald around the eye, like you said could just be filling in, but they too should have fat full muffs and beards , basically a puff ball with an eye in the center. Color and all looks great from what I can tell, hen B looks a little dark, but may just be the light her type is very nice though. Nice full breast, good over all build. Now, compare her to hen A, she looks thin and wirey to me, may just be young and not filled out, but they are supposed to have the fat full pidgeon breast to them too like that.. Their combs should be a very small strip on top of the head (like the duns above), one looks like a mini roos comb, little too much for a SQ hen.
Over all good breeding birds though if those hens fill out on the cheeks. Honestly though, at any major show they'd run over them. The quail color is just so hard to place with cause everybody has them, kinda like silkies, if you are showing a silkie, it better be exquisit not just very nice, same here with the quail. People like Greg Romer and Art Cosner and couldless others have done so much work with just the quail, that it takes a really top notch one any more to call it show quality.

Over all though, they look to be nice and could produce some very good chicks for yall. I'd say hen B is your best over all girl too. Watch those hens though, if they dont fill out in the face, they'll need to be culled if show quality is what the goal is.

 

[4HDad]

Thank you very much for the feedback. Alot of the things you mentioned I already had noticed as potential flaws. The two hens do have some differences, I just wasn't sure which was closest to the standard.

So is the lighter colored hen the proper color?

Roger

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, Aubrey, ever have a MF cockerel without the dark in the hackles by six weeks of age? I have two with similar hackles and big pink combs and three with just a bit of ticking in the hackles and flattish, slightly pinkish combs. One of those three has more pink than the other two, but still to me looks pullet-y. They are all getting so super friendly and I end up with three in my lap and two pecking at my shoes. Even the porcelains are getting less jumpy.

 

[PeasChisGuis]

bump

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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actually now that I look at them with a little more time, hen B looks best color wise, A is a little reddish looking. Only color flaw I see in B is she looks to have some solid black wing and side feathers, may just be the pic or light though. She is definately you best al around hen though, hen B that is

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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yep, but usually they end up being pullets. But with the millies, their color changes so darn much as they mature that it's kind of hard to judge for sure off it alone. It honestly take 2 years to see their true coloration.
I'll see if I can round up some millies this weekend that are around the same age and get some comparison by age pics posted

 

[4HDad]

Aubrey,

You are definitely a wealth of knowledge of the d'anver breed (and others that I have seen you posting about). Thank you for being so willing to share that knowledge.

Roger